A cold job by his democratic rivals will begin on tuesday hello this is aljazeera Adrian Finnegan here with our coverage in doha lets bring in our correspondent joe castro whos on capitol hill right now heidi just explain to us once again what it is were seeing right now. Well sure youre seeing the Senate Members are preparing to receive the articles of impeachment which in minutes time we were told they are to be serum only only walked across the building the u. S. Capitol building from the u. S. House of representatives side which is where all of the impeachment proceedings thus far have unfolded those hearings those votes and those articles would have been printed out they allege that trump abused his the power of this office and. Who did not cooperate with. Investigators in obstruction of congress with the impeachment investigation and those articles will be delivered by hand accompanied by 7 appointed impeachment managers these are the democratic members of the house who have been
Receive the managers of the house of representatives to exhibit the articles of impeachment against Donald John Trump, president of the United States. The president pro tempore the hour of 12 00 noon having arrived and a quorum being present, the sergeant at arms will present the managers on the part of the house of representatives. The sergeant at arms mr. President and members of the senate, i announce the presence of the managers on the part of the house of representatives to conduct proceedings on behalf of the house concerning the impeachment of Donald John Trump, president of the United States. The president pro tempore on the part of the house will be received and escorted to the well of the senate. The president pro tempore the sergeant at arms will make the proclamation. The sergeant at arms hear ye, hear ye, hear ye all persons are commanded to keep silent on pain of imprisonment while the house of representatives is exhibiting to the senate of the United States articles of i
Testimony was bad for trump, but hes now the democratic frontrunner [ laughter ] during his testimony today Gordon Sondland said that he was involved in efforts to pressure ukraine, because he and other diplomats, quote, followed the president s orders. And then trump said, look, i dont know the president ive never met the president. [ laughter ] President Trump this morning addressed sondlands testimony saying, quote, i dont know him very well. I have not spoken to him much. This is not a man i know well. He seems like a nice guy, though. [ laughter ] even worse, he stole that statement line for line from the speech he gave at erics wedding. [ laughter ] singer mariah carey has released her own Christmas Wish list on amazon oh, oh okay so i see so you were just blowing smoke up my ass when you said all you wanted for christmas is me [ laughter and applause great. Good to know [ laughter ] according to experts, thanksgiving turkeys are best paired with red wine that way theyre more rel
Where the house of representatives has begun a session to debate and then vote on whether to send him to a senate trial. Well lets have a little bit of business then hearing the m. P. H. Meant ossicles being read out lets take an injured the interests of the nation President Trump and gauged in this scheme or course of conduct through the following means one President Trump acting both directly and through his agents within and outside the United States government corruptly solicited the government of ukraine to publicly announce investigations into a a political opponent former Vice President joseph r. Biden jr and b. A discredited theory promoted by russia alleging that ukraine rather than russia interfered in the 2016 United States president ial election 2 with the same corrupt motives President Trump acting both directly and through his agents within and outside the United States government condition to official acts on the public announcements that he had requested a the release o
Tojose mourinho being named the new boss at tottenham, and were asking where it went wrong for pochettino. Thanks, holly, and Sarah Keith Lucas has the weather. It is mostly dry but fairly cloudy this afternoon, some right then a forecast, particularly to end the week and into the weekend, but pretty quiet and dry for most away from the south west over the next couple of days. I will bring you all the details in about half an hour. Thanks, sarah. Also coming up the koala rescued from the bushfires in australia the woman seen on video taking off her shirt and charging into the flames to save the injured animal. Hello, everyone this is afternoon live. The liberal democrats have set out their general election manifesto, reiterating their pledge to stop brexit. The party claims by doing so it will be able to invest billions of pounds in Public Services, and tackling inequality. The manifesto also includes a pledge to tackle Climate Change by generating more electricity through renewable en